In the oil cloth bag that Lu Ruomei was holding, there were several land lists and land deeds for his own land. Wang Tong had heard of the so-called Fish Scale List, but this was the first time he saw it.

The pages of the account are quite large. The half-cut banners hanging on the main hall are about the same size. They say how big the land of a certain family is, where they are from, and there are boundary marks established as evidence. Wang Tong held them in his hand and felt that the paper was very thick, but it was not strong, and there was already a sign of decay.

There were some bad marks on the edge of this account page. Wang Tong took the land deed again and saw that he did not deal with the documents many times, but the land deed should be true.

Wang Tong looked there carefully, but remembered the previous rumor and asked casually:

"I heard that the officials in the yamen would tamper with this account book, I wonder what it was like?"

Liu Sanlang and others standing in the room looked at each other. They were all from warriors, how could they know this? Lu Ruomei, who was kneeling there, hesitated and said:

"The imperial envoy, the common people know that the fields are cultivated and leveled and the fields are flattened every year, which will inevitably change the boundary and there will be land transactions. Therefore, the boundary is re-demarcated every once in a while. When demarcating the boundary, the people in the yamen who do this will use thick straw paper as the account page and then apply thick paste. In this way, the account page will rot in a few years. Without the certificate, there will naturally be a chance to get on the job."

"What can these officials do?"

"Master, these officials are all placed in the yamen by local wealthy families. What they do will naturally give the master the opportunity to do it."

Wang Tong shook his head and smiled, threw the evidence aside, pondered for a while, and spoke:

"Lu Ruomei, you can't make any evidence of these things in your hands."

After saying this, Lu Ruomei suddenly became anxious, walked a few steps, and stepped forward anxiously and said:

"Master, this black and white voucher, compared with the Xu family's current land area, there is no evidence."

"This black and white voucher can be made with a skilled voucher at will. It is more like evidence than yours, and it is really easy."

After hearing Wang Tong's answer, Lu Ruomei's face turned pale and her eyes immediately turned red. She kowtowed several times there and said with a hissing:

"Master, for the sake of Xiaomin's hands, the thieves from the Xu family sent people to kill people. Doesn't the adults believe that Xiaomin's things are real, Xiaomin?"

The more he spoke, the more excited he became. Wang Tong waved his hand and interrupted her, shook his head and said:

"What the official said to you is what the Xu family argued. Is there anything you can refute?"

Lu Ruomei is considered a smart person. Wang Tong's faint words suddenly made her speechless. She was stunned. She suddenly collapsed on the side. Her eyes, which were still bright, became dull and dull, as if her whole spirit had suddenly been sucked clean.

From Suzhou Prefecture to Changzhou Prefecture, he was discovered on the shore. He was a life-long death to arrive on the ship of the imperial envoy. The imperial envoy also had the intention to make decisions for her, but he did not expect that after taking out the evidence, the imperial envoy said it was useless. Moreover, the imperial envoy's statement was not a shirk, but it was indeed reasonable.

Thinking about the dangers along the way, thinking about the hard work of mother and daughter over the years, it turned into a bubble at this moment, nothing was gone. At this moment, Lu Ruomei felt that life was meaningless, but she was just slumped on the ground there.

Looking at the girl on the ground, Wang Tong sighed and turned to Shi Qi and said:

"Go to Miss Zhai's place and call two maids over and help her to rest."

Soon, two maids walked in and helped Lu Ruomei down. As soon as the girl went out, Chen Dahe next to her stepped forward and asked in a low voice:

"Mr. Marquis, don't care about this."

Lu Ruomei just stated her own affairs. Her father was killed and her uncle was killed. She and her mother escaped from her mother's house at that time. After hearing this news, they could only escape incognito. Many people who fled were also in contact with their families. Over the years, they have also gone to complain everywhere, but no one accepted them. Moreover, after complaining, they are often found and their lives have not survived. Over the years, Lu Ruomei and her daughter have been hiding from all over the world and suffered a lot.

This kind of thing sounds really pitiful. In addition to people like Shi Qi and Wu Er, Chen Dahe and others were young and had passionate justice in their hearts. They thought Wang Tong would make the decision for them, but they didn't expect this to be the ending, so they asked this question.

"What can this evidence be done? The local government and the court will make a one-sided statement about a young girl. These documents and certificates that can be created by finding a paper shop can cause trouble for the Xu family. Think carefully, don't stand on Lu Ruomei's side. What would you do if you were the official who tried this case?"

Chen Dahe is also a flexible mind. After Wang Tong said this, he pondered for a while, and his face showed a helpless look, and he shook his head there.

Wang Tong picked up the tea bowl on the tea table beside him, drank the cold tea water, and said slowly:

"Actually, it is not a mistake for everyone to annex the land, but after eating so much, you don't have to pay taxes. This is a great harm to the country."

The stop at noon and the killing of monks at noon is a great benefit of Puyuan Temple, and the efficiency of the two yamen in Changzhou Prefecture and Wujin County has been greatly improved.

Although the local wealthy families had many interactions with Puyuan monks, and Wang Tong killed him like this, everyone had complaints in their hearts, but compared to the fat piece of Puyuan Temple, complaints and friendships were all the same. It was a big deal for everyone to divide the matter. The government was dedicated to it, and the local wealthy families were also helping. The efficiency of the Changzhou government was extremely high at this moment. When it was dark, the case files and documents were already sent to Wang Tong's ship.

"There are five thousand taels of silver and three boxes of exquisite jewelry, all of which have been placed on the ship. The list of these accounts for the collection of stolen goods will be checked by the imperial envoy."

When Luo prefect said this, his face was full of joy. Wang Tong said that he didn't want money, but if he didn't give it to him, he would be too ignorant of doing things. Giving it to Wang Tong can definitely be called rich, but Luo prefect won't make a lot of money. Why don't you make money without doing it?

"When the adults return from Songjiang, they will organize a land name for the adults."

Wang Tong nodded. These things were nothing to him. He casually looked at the list and said:

"Have the monks arrested interrogated?"

After Wang Tong asked this, the prefect Luo immediately felt a little embarrassed. Everyone was busy making money in the afternoon, and who could even ask about the monk? Anyway, so many charges have been confirmed and it is impossible to overturn the case.

Wang Tong naturally understood what this man was thinking. He just smiled and said:

"Magistrate Luo and everyone in the mansion worked hard tonight. They interrogated the examination overnight and asked for confessions, so they could make a case for confession. If there was insufficient staff, I could also send someone to help."

Since Wang Tong did not blame him, he just made a new request, and this request was not so excessive. He also had to send someone to help. He didn't say anything more money. The prefect Luo naturally had no objection, but just stood up and said in panic:

"The imperial envoy is so diligent and careful, which makes the lower officials feel ashamed. The lower officials will go back to question and interrogate tonight. They will definitely ask for a confession and give him an explanation."

Wang Tong nodded with a smile, and stood up to send Prefect Luo to the bow of the ship, which made Prefect Luo flattered. After Wang Tong came back, he directly pointed the names of Liu Sanlang and Shi Qi, and explained directly:

"Puyuan Temple and the Xu family must have colluded, so the confession must be mentioned."

Following Wang Tong's fleet, after such a thing happened in Changzhou Prefecture, someone immediately rushed to Songjiang Prefecture to report the news. The next morning, Wang Tong's fleet set off, and the fast horses there were about to enter Songjiang Prefecture. Wang Tong naturally didn't know this, but when he looked left and right on the bow of the ship, he found that the number of horses on the shore was much smaller than yesterday.

After an interrogation overnight, the arrested monk Puyuan Temple really spit out a lot of confessions. The Changzhou government yamen runners had many contacts with these monks, and knew that these people were outlaws and thieves, so they did not dare to torture them.

However, with Liu Sanlang and Shi Qizai, they would not care about this. After "successful suicide" of more than a dozen monks in the yamen lobby, everyone else would know it.

The crimes of looting the children of wealthy local households and extorting money; the murder of merchants who were unknown to Puyuan Temple in other places and murdering money; the plunder of beautiful women on the outside world and other beautiful women on the waterway are all confessions, including the case of arresting and murdering people outside driven by the Xu family.

But most of the matter was arranged by monk Puyuan and three Puyuan's apprentices. The people below did not handle it directly. Puyuan and two apprentices were killed yesterday. After asking for confession, one of the apprentices did not dare to let him stay in the Changzhou government office and took it back to the ship directly.

Puyuan's apprentice was also a thief. He thought he was able to live a life and die out. However, when he saw Liu Sanlang and Shi Qi's methods, he realized that he had not yet seen it out. He knew everything. However, there were some caution in the Xu family doing things, and Puyuan's apprentice didn't know much.

The gentry colluded with bandits and used these people to kill and rob, and this crime was either serious or minor. After heading south in Nanjing, Wang Tong saw various methods of the gentry in Jiangnan along the way, so he became cautious.

From Wujin, he arrived in Wuxi before dark. The boatman came over to ask if he wanted to cross the road to see Taihu Lake. It was very convenient to take the water route. The first time a northerner came south, he wanted to see the vast Taihu Lake as usual. Wang Tong was not very interested in this, so he stopped the boat in Wuxi to settle down.

The Xu family in Songjiang Prefecture are all trembling. After Mr. Xu Fan, who was talking about poetry with famous scholars, got news from outside, he suddenly became anxious. A maid broke a tea bowl and was beaten to death by him.
Chapter completed!